Via CNN- Iraq is a mess. There's no other way to put it. Many men are joining the fight to combat ISIS, the active jihadist group that is trying to destabilize an already fragile Iraq.

A mother with a 14 year old daughter who are both taking the course note ""When her father and I are at work, what is she going to do if someone comes in the house to kill them?"

It's summertime like here in the U.S. where kids are out of school for the summer. I had carefree summers, and I can't imagine having to worry about someone coming into my house to kill me and my family at any given moment.

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"We are training these ladies to make them ready if (ISIS) makes it into their neighborhood," Abdullah (Maj. Kareem Abdullah of the Badr Brigade) said.